419 scam: Lucky Day <NOREPLY@luckyday.nl> Winning Notification!

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- cib2024ib@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lucky Day <NOREPLY@luckyday.nl>
Date: 16 May 2024 23:30:45 +0200
Subject: Winning Notification!

Dear Lucky winner,

Your email address is among the 20 lucky winning email addresses
in the just concluded promotional draw for the 2024 Paris Summer
Olympic Games held at our Headquarters in Rijswijk, Netherlands.
The draw is sponsored by a conglomerate of multinational firms
including RIA Financial, Google LLC, Meta Platforms, Inc, RBC
Royal bank among others.

Your Email address attached to ticket number: 00987 drew the
lucky winning numbers, 6-15-2-37-19-43-21 and have consequently
won the lottery in the 4th category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$550,000.00 [Five Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars] Credited to file NO:
LDL/2556003-22AS. The participating active email addresses were
auto generated from the world wide web and entered into the draw.

Note that your winning has been zoned to North America (Toronto-
Canada) for processing. You are therefore advised to contact your
claims Agent via the details below for further info and due
processing and remittance of your prize which comes at no cost to
you. Be sure to quote your ticket and file numbers in your
communication.

Barr. C. Ibarra
Email Address: cib2024ib@gmail.com

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program. You are strongly advised to keep
your winning details confidential and to yourself until you have
successfully claimed your prize money. This is to avoid double
claim attempts from unscrupulous elements which would lead to
outright disqualification.

Sincerely,

Thorbjon Olsen
President/Coordinator
LuckyDay Lottery (2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games Promotional
Draw)

Disclaimer: Any winner under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.

Â© 2024 LuckyDay Lottery.

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